Bird flu kills third child in Turkey
AFP
January 6, 2006
DOGUBEYAZIT, Turkey - Turkey said a third child from the same family had died of bird flu, in a sign that the deadly disease that has already killed scores in Southeast Asia and China has now spread westwards closer to Europe.
The successive deaths triggered accusations that the government had failed to prevent the spread of the virus, but Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted the authorities had not delayed taking the necessary action.
The latest victim, 11-year-old Hulya Kocyigit, died early Friday in a hospital in the eastern city of Van after spending several days in intensive care, said Huseyin Avni Sahin, the chief doctor at the hospital.
Her death comes a day after her 15-year-old sister Fatma succumbed to the disease in the same hospital.
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January 6, 2006
DOGUBEYAZIT, Turkey - Turkey said a third child from the same family had died of bird flu, in a sign that the deadly disease that has already killed scores in Southeast Asia and China has now spread westwards closer to Europe.
The successive deaths triggered accusations that the government had failed to prevent the spread of the virus, but Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted the authorities had not delayed taking the necessary action.
The latest victim, 11-year-old Hulya Kocyigit, died early Friday in a hospital in the eastern city of Van after spending several days in intensive care, said Huseyin Avni Sahin, the chief doctor at the hospital.
Her death comes a day after her 15-year-old sister Fatma succumbed to the disease in the same hospital.
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